In October of 2001, I built my latest system after my old one blew up. Since then, I've added and replaced most of the components. I hope to use it for several more years. Currently it contains:
Desktop:Motherboard: Tyan Tiger MP S2460
Power Supply: OCZ GameXstream 850W
Processors: 2 x Athlon XP-M 3200+ (2.2GHz, 512k cache) manually wired
RAM: 3584 MB Registered ECC DDR266 (1 x 2GB + 1 x 1GB + 2 x 256MB)
Graphics: VisionTek ATI RADEON HD 2600 XT 512MB AGP
TV/Radio Capture: Kworld Xpert PVR 878
Display: 19" Samsung LCD + 19" Dell CRT each running 1280 x 1024 75Hz
Audio: Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4
Output to Philips MC-320/27 stereo
Hard Drives: 1380GB total
60GB ATA100 7200RPM 2MB cache IBM Deskstar
120GB ATA133 7200RPM 8MB cache Hitachi Deskstar
200GB ATA133 7200RPM 8MB cache Maxtor
200GB ATA133 7200RPM 8MB cache Maxtor
400GB SATA300 7200RPM 8MB cache Samsung
400GB SATA300 7200RPM 8MB cache Samsung
Removable Media Drives:
Samsung Lightscribe SH-S182M CD/DVD+/-RW DL/RAM (look up speeds if you care since there are too many to list)
3.25" Floppy
4-slot memory card reader (SD/MMC/MS/CF/MD/SM)
Network:
Wireless Buffalo USB Wireless-G
4-port ADMtek AN983 10/100Mbps
Expansions:
4 x USB 2.0 + 3 x Firewire + SATA150 + ATA133
4 x SATA300
Input:
Keyboard: Logitech MX wireless
Mouse: Logitech MX700 wireless optical
USB controller adapters:
4 x PS2
N64 + PS1
GC + DC + PS2
SNES
NES
X360 wireless
Bluetooth wireless (Wii)
TI-calculator
Camera: Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000
Scanner: Acer 320U
Printer: Epson Stylus Color 860
OS:
openSUSE Linux 10.3
Windows Datacenter Server 2008 RC1
Laptop:Model: IBM Thinkpad T43
Processor: Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz
RAM: 1.5GB
Graphics: Intel 915M
Display: 1024 x 768 + VGA and S-video output
Hard Drive: 60GB
Battery: 6-cell (~5 hours)
Network:
Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 802.11a/b/g 54Mbps
1Gbps LAN
56k modem
Removeable media drives:
CD-RW/DVD
MS/SD/MMC/SM Expresscard
Random:
Fingerprint scanner
Shock sensor
OS: Windows XP Pro
Luigison, if you're thinking of a Shuttle, how about getting this? (It was just announced). It looks like a cross between a
Panasonic Q and a
toaster. See here:
IWILL ZMAXdp. For the parallel connection, can't you just get a parallel-USB adapter? Also, if you're buying from TigerDirect, can you use
this link?